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Indian state refiners to produce 30,800 tonne/yr green hydrogen by 2030

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NEW DELHI, March 13 (Reuters) - Indian state-run refiners are setting up projects to produce 30.8 kilo tonnes a year of green hydrogen by 2030, junior oil minister Rameswar Teli told lawmakers on Monday. India, one of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters, recently announced a 197 billion rupee ($2.4 billion) green hydrogen programme to cut the country's carbon intensity and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Companies such as Reliance Industries , NTPC , Adani Group, JSW Energy , ReNew Power and Acme Solar have announced plans to help India meet its goal to produce at least 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030.


The federal government has announced it would provide 300 billion rupees ($3.65 billion) to help state-run oil refiners move towards cleaner energy, a step aimed at helping the country achieve its 2070 net-zero carbon emission target. "Refineries in the country already utilise hydrogen for internal consumption which has the potential to be converted into green hydrogen," Teli said in a written reply to a lawmaker's question. Below is the capacity of green hydrogen projects that various refiners aim to set up, with production beginning from 2025-26.
Company State Green Hydrogen Completion Capacity by Kilo Tonnes


Per Annum
IOCL Haryaana 7 2025-26 BPCL Madhya Pradesh 10 2030 HPCL Andhra Pradesh 7.3 2025-26 NRL Assam 5 2030 MRPL Karnataka 0.5 2025 CPCL Tamil Nadu 1 2026-27
IOCL: Indian Oil Corp Ltd BPCL: Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd HPCL: Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd NRL : Numaligarh Refinery Ltd MRPL: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd ($1 = 82.2500 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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